Ausumtism Lair - Best Halloween Display of 2023

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#halloween2023
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#lowes
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#michaeljordan
#autism
#autismawareness

Apologies for the late post on this one. Its been quite the busy, and fun Halloween season.

This is year 2 of our display being dedicated to my son Ryno, and to raising Autism awareness.

WGN Chicago coverd our display on Halloween this year. Check out the link below for that.

https://wgntv.com/morning-news/leshoc...

Also, our local paper “The Times” (of Northwest IN) also did another great writeup/article on our display/cause! Please check that out as well 😊

https://www.nwitimes.com/news/local/l...

This is a walkthrough of my haunted house - Halloween 2023. It may not actually be the “best” ever But I think it holds it’s own with the best of them. Been collecting since 2001. Hope you enjoy it. Some things you will see......

1. Basketball themed skeletons -
The 1992 “Scream” Team
Chicago Bulls - Michael Jordan, Scottie Pippen, and Denis Rodman “72-10”
12ft Skeleton Michael Jordan - “The Goat”
“The Flu Game”
“The Last Shot”
Jordan 45 “I’m Back”
Jordan 12 “The Stolen Jersey Game”
Jordan “From North Carolina”
Jordan “Laney High School”
Jordan “Washington Wizards”
Jordan “Space Jam”

2. Inflatable section outside. Inflatables came from all different places over the years.

3. Lots of Spirit Halloween Animatronics - Lil Skelly Bones, The Crypt Keeper, Slim, Black Heart, Stilts, Dagger Mike, Poor George, Lil Jack Carver, Gourdo, Heckles, Johnny Punk, Crouchy, Leatherface, Hugs the Clown, Creepy Towering Clown, Peek a Boo Clown, Uncle Charlie, Sweet Dreams Clown, Shorty, Young Crouchy, Lucky Bottoms, Nozzles the Clown, Monty, Pennywise, Baphomet, Sam, Nightcrawler, Mans Best Friend (Bubba), Reaper of Souls, Mr Dark, Hauntress, Hanibal Lecter, Jason Voorheese, Freddy Krueger, Jumping Spiders, and other odds n ends.

Spirit Halloween Link - https://www.spirithalloween.com

4. Lots Giants from Home Depot - 12ft Skeleton, Inferno Pumpkin Skeleton, 15ft Phantom, 12ft Witch, 10ft Werewolf, Predator of the Night, 13ft Jack Skellington, 12ft Ghost.

5. Lots of Home Depot animatronics - 12 footers mentioned above - Plus Dark Angel, The Goblin, The Wizard, Pumpkin Stack, Jack Skellington, Sally, Creeper Skeleton, Rotten Patch Pumpkin Skeleton, Lethel Lily, Sitter of Souls, Boogeyman, Possesed Penny, Medeling Marie, Original Pumpkin Twins,

Home Depot Link - https://www.homedepot.com

6. Halloween City Animatronics - 12ft Cackles the Clown, The Creep from Creepshow, Learherface, Rattles the Skeleton Groundbreaker.

Halloween City Link - https://www.halloweencity.com

7. Lowes Animatronics - Stitches the Clown (One of Ryno’s favorites) 12ft Scarecrow, 12ft Mummy, Guitar Reaper, Drum Reaper, Stilts

Lowes link - https://www.lowes.com

8. Atmosfx (Digital decorations) - 6 Inferno windows, Night Stalkers, and Art the Clown (8 projectors.

Atmosfx link - https://atmosfx.com

9. Zombie Pumpkin carvings - Shorty
I have a good 15 artificial pumpkins with Zombie Pumpkin patterns. However, we switched up our display this year, so I was not able to display them all.

https://www.zombiepumpkins.com

10. Horror Movie Icons like
Jason Voorhees from Friday the 13th series
Freddy Krueger from Nightmare on Elm Street
Michael Myers from Halloween
Ghostface from Scream
Chucky and Tiffany from Child’s Play
Blade from Puppet Master
Hannibal Lecter from Silence of the Lambs
Pinhead from Hellraiser
Darkness from Legend
The Creep, Crate Beast (Fluffy), Dead Nate and Harry and Becky, from Creepshow
Crypt Keeper from Tales from the Crypt
Killer Klowns from Killer Klowns from Outer Space

11. Killer Klowns/Clown basment - Pennywise, Heath Ledger Joker, Twisty from American Horror Story, and a WHOLE LOT MORE!

12. Other odds and ends like spiders, bats, ghosts, and lots of lights

13. Good amount of the masks I have came from Trick or Treat Studios. Didn’t display many this year, except for Krampus. However, I do have some Creepshow cutouts displayed on the kitchen cabinets as well.

Trickt or Treat Studios Link - https://www.trickortreatstudios.com

Music used came from the following source:
1. https://tunetank.com/scary

Walkthroughs for some other years:

2022 - Best Halloween Display of 2022
   • Best Halloween Display of 2022  

2021 - Best Halloween Display of 2021
   • Best Halloween Display of 2021  

2020 - Best Halloween Display of 2020
   • Best Halloween Display of 2020  

2019 -    • Best Halloween Display of 2019  

2012 Day -    • 2012 Halloween House of Horrors (Regular L...  
2012 Night -    • 2012 Halloween House of Horrors (Halloween...  

2011 Part 1 -    • Halloween Horror Haunted House Walkthrough...  
2011 Part 2 -    • Halloween Horror Haunted House Walkthrough...